Gun powder / Idli powder
Ingredients
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Red chillies
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White sesame seeds
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Chana dal
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Salt
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Asafoetida
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Groundnut oil ( Or any cooking oil)
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Gun Powder making
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Take a vessel (kadai) and put white sesame seeds ( 1.5 teaspoons ) and fry on low flame.
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Once it starts spluttering, remove it from the kadai and keep it aside.
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Put 2-3 spoons of cooking oil , put 2 big spoons of chana dal and 40 - 45 red chillies ( without the stem (pedicel and callyx) of the chilli).
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Put som asafoetida powder and fry them.
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The chilli should not become black and must break upon touching.
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Off the flame and allow it to cool and then put the roasted white sesame seeds that were kept aside at the start in.
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Then, put them in a mixture for grinding.
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Put 1- 1.5 teaspoons of salt in the mixture and grind it.
9. If spicy add sugar as per your requirements.​
Your gun plwder is ready!!
NOTE : IT CAN BE STORED FOR ABOUT 2 - 2.5 MONTHS.